Crime & Courts Archive

  • Lottery-win rapist jailed after fraud
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    A CONVICTED rapist who won nearly £5 million on the lottery but continued to fraudulently claim benefits has been jailed for nine months.

  • Barker's son faces charges
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    THE son of actor Ronnie Barker was remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with making indecent images of children, following eight years on the run.

  • Worker guilty of £700,000 scam
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    A LITTLE Chef worker stole £700,000 from his employers in order to pay off gambling debts.

  • Mercy plea for Gary McKinnon
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    THE mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon has pleaded with the Home Secretary to "show a little bit of compassion" after it emerged Theresa May is proposing to decide in mid- October whether to order his extradition to the US.

  • Boat tragedy man 'had drunk lager'
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    A MAN accused of killing a friend in a boating accident had been drinking lager before the fatal incident, a court heard.

  • Two brothers admit murder and hiding burning body
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    TWO brothers are facing life sentences after admitting murdering a man and hiding his burning body on a riverside path.

  • Police officers face drug charges
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    TWO serving Strathclyde Police constables are to appear in court charged with dealing heroin while on duty.

  • Robbery accused in court
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    A MAN has appeared in court in connection with claims he posed as a policeman to commit a string of offences.

  • Police hunt for sex attacker of young woman widened
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    POLICE have widened their search for a sex attacker who viciously assaulted a woman on her way home from a nightclub in Edinburgh.

  • Food fetish teacher is banned
    Wednesday 25 July 2012

    A TEACHER who asked students to smear themselves with milk, eggs and ketchup has been banned from teaching in Scotland.

  • Hacking: Coulson and Brooks charged
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are to face charges over phone hacking.

  • Hacker McKinnon's mother appeals for 'compassion' in extradition case
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    The Home Secretary is proposing to decide in mid-October whether to order computer hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US, the High Court was told today.

  • Sheridan case lawyer appointed new judge
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    One of Scotland's top lawyers has been appointed as a High Court judge.

  • Government told last August about police reform VAT bill
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    THE Scottish Government was told in August 2011 the new single police force would have to pay millions in VAT unless they amended the funding structure.

  • Rapist jailed for nine years
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    A RAPE victim told of her ordeal after studying for a course looking at sex abuse, a court heard.

  • Murdered man 'dead for months'
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    THE body of a Scot found murdered in his seaside flat in Brighton may have lain undiscovered for up to two months, it has emerged.

  • Eight years for armed robbery
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    A MAN who took part in an armed robbery at a post office to clear a drugs debt has been jailed for eight years.

  • Decisions due over phone hack charges
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    PROSECUTORS are to announce today whether they will bring charges over alleged phone hacking by journalists.

  • Fresh inquiry into Mauritius murder
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    A NEW police team of three senior officers is to carry out a fresh investigation into the murder of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

  • Two held over dog attacks
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    TWO men have been arrested following a dog attack which left 10 people injured.

  • Black fish skippers told to pay £900,000
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    FISHING skippers had fines and confiscation orders total- ling more than £1 million imposed on them yesterday in the wake of the black fishing scandal.

  • Court appearance for Naked Rambler
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    THE man dubbed the Naked Rambler appeared in court yesterday accused of walking nude near a children's play park – just six days after he was released from jail.

  • Nurse scarred for life by collision
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    A NURSE was left scarred for life when a Warburtons bread lorry toppled over and crushed her car after its driver tried to undertake at high speed in a layby.

  • Woman violently assaulted on night out in city
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    A WOMAN was brutally beaten in a sexually motivated attack on the way home from a nightclub.

  • March to eject rapist
    Tuesday 24 July 2012

    PROTESTERS campaigning to get a rapist moved from their town brought the area to a standstill yesterday after they marched on council offices and circled the streets in cars.

  • Boy, 16, quizzed over death
    Monday 23 July 2012

    A SCHOOLBOY was last night being questioned on suspicion of murdering a Scottish woman in her home.

  • Abuse victim campaigns to end need for corroboration
    Saturday 21 July 2012

    A VICTIM of sexual abuse has taken the rare decision to waive her right to anonymity in order to campaign for an end to the Scots law requirement for corroboration.

  • £27,500 for Army cadet hearing loss
    Saturday 21 July 2012

    A FORMER Army cadet has received a five-figure pay-out after she was left with the hearing of an 80-year-old following a firing drill.

  • New lead in shopkeeper murder case
    Saturday 21 July 2012

    POLICE investigating the murder of a shopkeeper have been given the name of a possible suspect after the attack featured on Crimewatch.

  • Man faces trial over pensioner murder
    Saturday 21 July 2012

    A MAN has denied murdering an 80-year-old woman in her own home and then cutting his finger tips and palms to try to prevent police from obtaining a usable sample of his prints.